A sung-through (also through-sung) musical, musical film, opera, or other work of performance art is one in which songs entirely or almost entirely replace any spoken dialogue. Conversations, speeches, and musings are communicated musically, for example through a combination of recitative, aria, and arioso. Early versions of this include the Italian genre of opera buffa, a light-hearted form of opera that gained prominence in the 1750s.[1][2]

A through-sung opera or other form of narrative work with continuous music may also be described as through-composed.

List of fully sung-through musicals

List of sung-through musicals with scattered lines

List of sung-through musicals depending on the production

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